Cloves (whole stems), raw — Area harvested in Madagascar
Madagascar: Cloves (whole stems), raw — Area harvested was 74,650 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cloves (whole stems), raw — Area harvested in Madagascar, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Madagascar recorded 74,650 ha for cloves (whole stems), raw — area harvested in 2024.
That represents a change of up 0.4% on the previous year and up 8.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cloves (whole stems), raw — area harvested in Madagascar peaked at 80,520 ha in 1989 and was at its lowest, 28,000 ha, in 1962.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Cloves (whole stems), raw — Area harvested in Madagascar, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 35,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 28,000 ha | -20.0% |
| 1963 | 28,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 28,245 ha | +0.9% |
| 1965 | 29,540 ha | +4.6% |
| 1966 | 28,650 ha | -3.0% |
| 1967 | 31,340 ha | +9.4% |
| 1968 | 28,665 ha | -8.5% |
| 1969 | 29,000 ha | +1.2% |
| 1970 | 31,765 ha | +9.5% |
| 1971 | 34,100 ha | +7.4% |
| 1972 | 41,265 ha | +21.0% |
| 1973 | 46,690 ha | +13.1% |
| 1974 | 40,875 ha | -12.5% |
| 1975 | 45,225 ha | +10.6% |
| 1976 | 46,925 ha | +3.8% |
| 1977 | 63,195 ha | +34.7% |
| 1978 | 68,900 ha | +9.0% |
| 1979 | 69,925 ha | +1.5% |
| 1980 | 71,950 ha | +2.9% |
| 1981 | 72,500 ha | +0.8% |
| 1982 | 73,945 ha | +2.0% |
| 1983 | 75,540 ha | +2.2% |
| 1984 | 76,710 ha | +1.5% |
| 1985 | 77,160 ha | +0.6% |
| 1986 | 77,140 ha | -0.0% |
| 1987 | 77,200 ha | +0.1% |
| 1988 | 74,900 ha | -3.0% |
| 1989 | 80,520 ha | +7.5% |
| 1990 | 80,000 ha | -0.6% |
| 1991 | 80,086 ha | +0.1% |
| 1992 | 80,083 ha | -0.0% |
| 1993 | 80,000 ha | -0.1% |
| 1994 | 78,000 ha | -2.5% |
| 1995 | 75,000 ha | -3.8% |
| 1996 | 75,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 79,600 ha | +6.1% |
| 1998 | 79,600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 79,600 ha | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 79,930 ha | +0.4% |
| 2001 | 79,570 ha | -0.5% |
| 2002 | 79,225 ha | -0.4% |
| 2003 | 78,910 ha | -0.4% |
| 2004 | 78,900 ha | -0.0% |
| 2005 | 37,231 ha | -52.8% |
| 2006 | 36,670 ha | -1.5% |
| 2007 | 37,415 ha | +2.0% |
| 2008 | 36,865 ha | -1.5% |
| 2009 | 37,900 ha | +2.8% |
| 2010 | 37,949 ha | +0.1% |
| 2011 | 43,821 ha | +15.5% |
| 2012 | 50,900 ha | +16.2% |
| 2013 | 57,572 ha | +13.1% |
| 2014 | 69,062 ha | +20.0% |
| 2015 | 71,302 ha | +3.2% |
| 2016 | 76,011 ha | +6.6% |
| 2017 | 80,414 ha | +5.8% |
| 2018 | 74,986 ha | -6.8% |
| 2019 | 72,686 ha | -3.1% |
| 2020 | 74,733 ha | +2.8% |
| 2021 | 73,392 ha | -1.8% |
| 2022 | 73,338 ha | -0.1% |
| 2023 | 74,371 ha | +1.4% |
| 2024 | 74,650 ha | +0.4% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Cloves (whole stems), raw — Area harvested in Madagascar changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | -52.8% | 78,900 ha | 37,231 ha |
| 1977 | +34.7% | 46,925 ha | 63,195 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 29,604 ha | 28,000 ha | 35,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 48,886 ha | 31,765 ha | 69,925 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 75,756 ha | 71,950 ha | 80,520 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 78,697 ha | 75,000 ha | 80,086 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 58,262 ha | 36,670 ha | 79,930 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 63,470 ha | 37,949 ha | 80,414 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 74,097 ha | 73,338 ha | 74,733 ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Madagascar
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 10.42 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.217 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 130.06 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.72 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0011 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.671 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 21.7% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 21.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 2.3% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cloves (whole stems), raw — area harvested in Madagascar?
- Cloves (whole stems), raw — area harvested in Madagascar was 74,650 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cloves (whole stems), raw — area harvested recorded in Madagascar?
- The highest recorded value was 80,520 ha in 1989.
- What is the lowest cloves (whole stems), raw — area harvested recorded in Madagascar?
- The lowest recorded value was 28,000 ha in 1962.
- How does Madagascar rank for cloves (whole stems), raw — area harvested?
- Madagascar ranks 2nd out of 9 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cloves (whole stems), raw — area harvested rising or falling in Madagascar?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Madagascar data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Cloves (whole stems), raw — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Crop and livestock statistics are recorded for 278 products, covering the following categories: 1) CROPS PRIMARY: Cereals, Citrus Fruit, Fibre Crops, Fruit, Oil Crops, Oil Crops and Cakes in Oil Equivalent, Pulses, Roots and Tubers, Sugar Crops, Treenuts and Vegetables. Data are expressed in terms of area harvested, production quantity and yield. Cereals: Area and production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed or silage or used for grazing are therefore excluded. 2) CROPS PROCESSED: Beer of barley; Cotton lint; Cottonseed; Margarine, short; Molasses; Oil, coconut (copra); Oil, cottonseed; Oil, groundnut; Oil, linseed; Oil, maize; Oil, olive, virgin; Oil, palm; Oil, palm kernel; Oil, rapeseed; Oil, safflower; Oil, sesame; Oil, soybean; Oil, sunflower; Palm kernels; Sugar Raw Centrifugal; Wine. 3) LIVE ANIMALS: Animals live n.e.s.; Asses; Beehives; Buffaloes; Camelids, other; Camels; Cattle; Chickens; Ducks; Geese and guinea fowls; Goats; Horses; Mules; Pigeons, other birds; Pigs; Rabbits and hares; Rodents, other; Sheep; Turkeys. 4) LIVESTOCK PRIMARY: Beeswax; Eggs (various types); Hides buffalo, fresh; Hides, cattle, fresh; Honey, natural; Meat (ass, bird nes, buffalo, camel, cattle, chicken, duck, game, goat, goose and guinea fowl, horse, mule, Meat nes, meat other camelids, Meat other rodents, pig, rabbit, sheep, turkey); Milk (buffalo, camel, cow, goat, sheep); Offals, nes; Silk-worm cocoons, reelable; Skins (goat, sheep); Snails, not sea; Wool, greasy. 5) LIVESTOCK PROCESSED: Butter (of milk from sheep, goat, buffalo, cow); Cheese (of milk from goat, buffalo, sheep, cow milk); Cheese of skimmed cow milk; Cream fresh; Ghee (cow and buffalo milk); Lard; Milk (dry buttermilk, skimmed condensed, skimmed cow, skimmed dried, skimmed evaporated, whole condensed, whole dried, whole evaporated); Silk raw; Tallow; Whey (condensed and dry); Yoghurt.